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I would like to welcome you to Wikipedia on behalf of the entire community. Rarely do we see a new user contribute such an excellent article as his or her first submission! It is truly a pleasure to have you here, and if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. If I cannot answer your question, I will attempt to direct you to someone who can. Furthermore, many users are glad to offer needed assistance. Anyway, congratulations on such a well-written article!Zantastik 08:50, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] LMLK seal

Can you clarify something?

None of the original seals themselves have been found, but about 2,000 specimens of 21 stamp types have been published (photos of more than 600 of them are viewable on the LMLK Research website).

I think you can view impressions of the actual seals, but you don't mention it. Can you clarify this sentence? Mgm|(talk) 17:22, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)

  • Yes, that was the proper way to respond to me. :) Don't forget to sign posts on talk page using four tildes like this ~~~~ which will expand to your username and a time stamp. Feel free to ask help if you need it. Mgm|(talk) 18:32, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)
Did you know has been updated
and a fact from the article LMLK seal, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page.

Excellent job... though I have a question as well: How do the drawing styles suggest different artists? 68.81.231.127 14:29, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

That makes sense, and would make a good addition to the article. 68.81.231.127 00:29, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikification

Hi there. Thanks for taking time to edit the Grand Canyon page. I just wanted to point out that when wikilinks are put into an article, usually only the first occurrence of the link is wikified. The remainder are left unlinked. It's just a style thing. An exception is where one wants to link to a specific portion of an article rather the the article per se. You can have as many of those as necessary (so long, as before, that there's only one to each portion of the same article). Otherwise, keep up the good work. Cheers, --Plumbago 09:53, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. I thought about that because it seemed strange there was only one link to the Colorado River. Personally, I like having as many links as possible because you never know when someone might feel like clicking on it. But if that's the Wikipedia policy, or the style you prefer on that page, that's certainly fine with me.--Funhistory 16:04, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
I've not seen it written down in the style rules (though I've not exactly looked hard), but I've seen it referred to in talk pages, and it's certainly abided by in articles. I do agree about having lots of links though, so please keep adding them as appropriate. And if you find that the WP's missing an article, by all means add a "link" to it. Hopefully that'll attract the attention of another user who's happy to supply the missing article. Cheers, --Plumbago 16:55, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
Your method is indeed a recommended guideline (Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Wiki-Linking), so thanks again for bringing it to my attention.--Funhistory 21:51, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hebron

Hi, I saw your note on the LMLK seal on the Hebron talk page. It would be great if you could put something on your seals in there. The article as it stands doesn't have much flavor for the ancient. elizmr 03:17, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments; however, Hebron is a highly volatile page (reflective of the actual city today), & it's impossible to keep anything substantive on it (especially anything that might suggest Jews owned the land before modern Palestinians). As long as the link to LMLK seals remains in the See Also section, I'm satisfied. Intelligent people will be able to form their own opinions, & the people who vandalize the page & the city can continue to live in their own fantasy world.--Funhistory 16:29, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I think that there is a lot of emotion on that page. One really sad thing about it, however, it is doesn't give a flavor of Hebron as an ancient city at all (although there is a pretty dry history section). One only comes away with the modern politics. Maybe I'll give it a shot and see what happens, if that is ok with you. elizmr 20:22, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
It's certainly OK with me! I like reading material from other people's perspectives. The more, the merrier!--Funhistory 23:52, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
I did it. You might want to check to make sure I didn't misrepresent the facts. elizmr 02:10, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quidam

Funhistory, I would like to applaud your continued editing and improvement of the Quidam pages (if only we had an editor of your calibre for Alegría!). Regarding the 'pre-show mayhem' ("Show Notes" subsection of the Trivia section), in Sydney 2004 John tuned the radio to play some bars of music from Alegría and Saltimbanco, which had toured Australia in 2001 and 1999 respectively. (During Francesca Gagnon's singing, John mimed gagging at the soppy tune!) Do you think this tongue-in-cheek reference to previous touring shows is standard? HueyCobra 04:27, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm gonna copy your message & respond to it on the Quidam Discussion page.--Funhistory 22:41, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Images

Thanks for uploading Image:Full-circle-vhs-pal-uk-carton.jpg. Wikipedia gets hundreds of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. ... 20:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I know--that was an oversight on my part. I wanted to delete it, but didn't know how, so I changed the original file name (Image:Full-circle-vhs-pal-carton.jpg) & re-uploaded it with the videotape cover Fair Use tag.--Funhistory 20:12, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great Barrier Reef peer review?

Hi Funhistory, I noticed that you've made some good edits to Great Barrier Reef. I've recently put the article up for peer review. I hope that you'll participate! - Malkinann 04:38, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] E-mail

Hello, I sent you a short note on e-mail. Em-jay-es 00:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I know--I just sent you a private response.--Funhistory 04:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quidam Image-Usage Notifications

Hello, Funhistory. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The images:

(Image:FreedomSpirit from Quidam.jpg)
(Image:Quidam CD cover 2001-edition.jpg)
(Image:Quidam illustration.jpg)
(Image:Roman from Quidam.jpg)
(Image:Spinster from Quidam.jpg)
(Image:Spoiled brat from Quidam.jpg)

were found at the following location: User:Funhistory/images. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace.

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[edit] Image:Quidam-seating-sections.gif listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Quidam-seating-sections.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:KateDickinsonSweetserBookplateByEdFrench.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media

(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra Enfants.ogg)
(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra Greeting.ogg)
(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra Handbalancing.ogg)
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(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra LetMeFall.ogg)
(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra Misere.ogg)
(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra Reveil.ogg)
(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra Rivage.ogg)
(Image:CirqueDuSoleil QuidamCdExtra Seisouso.ogg)
(Image:Roman from Quidam.jpg)
(Image:Spinster from Quidam.jpg)
(Image:Spoiled brat from Quidam.jpg)

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[edit] Watermarking in images

The section about watermarks is here, in the last paragraph. All information that would otherwise be contained in a watermark on the image should instead be placed in the description and summary boxes on the image description page. If you have any questions, please let me know. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 15:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I did 2 of them, & will do the other one (the Zayit Stone inscription), which I was planning to revise a small portion of anyway, sometime during the next month. If you feel its deletion is urgent, please feel free to do so, but just be aware that I'm planning to fix it & re-upload a new, corrected version without the watermarks sometime soon. By the way, when you deleted the Quidam page's Music section, you removed the wiki-link to the Quidam CD page. I don't understand why you deleted so much content from the CD page, instead of just deleting it in its entirety now that you've replaced it with a redirect link. What's the purpose of that?--Funhistory (talk) 03:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Note--I just replaced the Image:Zayit-stone-inscriptions.gif to comply with the aforementioned standards.--Funhistory (talk) 05:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
  • First, I withdrew the IFD request immediately after you said you would reupload these without watermarking. I appreciate you doing this as these images are valuable to the project. I understand that you either have an interest or experience in the field of archeology so the work you have done on these articles is very much appreciated. Thank you.
  • The sound bites on the Quidam CD page were used under the fair use content criteria in the article, however item #3 of the criteria requires that only minimal use of a work is employed in any article. Listing sound bites for each song and the extras and other information from this cd is (in my view) a violation of this policy. Since the removal of that content would leave a paragraph about the cd itself, I simply moved that paragraph to Quidam and redirected the article. Adding one (or maybe two) of these sound bites to the Quidam is probably appropriate and I wouldn't oppose this.
    • Compare the page for Madonna's Ray_of_Light CD. There you see links to 9 of its 14 songs; so I think your "1 or 2" is grossly inadequate. And I still don't understand why you put the Redirect on the CD page instead of simply removing the OGG links & at least keeping the basic content there for info about the CD. Actually, I don't even know now how to get to the CD page to fix it because everytime I click on it, it automatically sends me to the Quidam page. This discussion you & I are having should be on the Quidam CD page's Discussion page itself in case someone else has an alternate opinion on whether more than "1 or 2" samples should be included.--Funhistory (talk) 15:03, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I have removed a large amount of information from the Quidam article which I feel may be incompatible with Wikipedia's Manual of Style and guidelines for original research. I understand you worked very hard on this article and I don't want to detract away from the work you have done. I also don't wish to minimize the importance of the performance. My edits on the article are intended to bring it closer in line with policy so that it may one day be promoted to featured article status and possibly placed on the main page. I would very much appreciate your help in doing this and, again, thank you for contributing to this encyclopedia. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 04:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Full-circle-vhs-pal-carton.jpg

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[edit] Postage stamps and postal history of Israel

Glad to run across you. I see the LMLK seals were your very first article, it's great that you're still active after all this time. I'd be thrilled to have more of your help with the Israel stamps article (etc); in any case, best wishes, HG | Talk 10:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I certainly will help you with it--I just didn't have time last night. I'm a fairly decent proofreader, & will work on it this weekend.--Funhistory (talk) 15:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)